Mr. Cotton madam president. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Cotton in the next few days Senate Democrats will move to discharge a war powers resolution to tie the president s hands in defending this nation against iran and terrorist masterminds like Qasam Soleimani. Lets think about how we got here and the implications of this reckless action. Qasam soleimani has the blood of thousands of americans on his hands and hundreds of thousands of innocent souls across the middle east. For more than 20 years he was the Supreme Leaders most trusted lieutenant, irans terror mastermind, the man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan by supplying the most deadly kind of roadside bombs soldiers ever faced. He and his proxies and iranian leaders like him are responsible for bombings of our embassies in places like lebanon and kuwait. Theyre in no small part responsible for the ongoing horror of the Syrian Civil War or the civil war in
And the. Warm welcome to the program saudi arabias Public Prosecutor says 5 people have been sentenced to death for the murder of saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi 3 of us was sentenced to 24 years in prison their identities were concealed during the closed door trial in the capital riyadh but the court ruled there was no proven involvement in the whole scene aside he suspected of being a ringleader side all the time he was sacked says will advise a soon after the killing crime Prince Mohammed bin solomon denied having prior knowledge of the operations of murder his critic in the saudi consulate in istanbul 14 months ago well the journalism or strobel forces without borders has reacted to the verdict by saying justice was trampled a spokesman for saudi arabias Public Prosecutor said the murder was not premeditated. And the. Did the investigations carried out by the Public Prosecution reveal that there was no primitive taisha not murder at the beginning of this is a sign meant it was a s
Supporting evidence, thats how the nixon precedent had it, the articles of impeachment there focused on water date but then it brought in some other things, and here are the most important thing is not just ukraine but the president s reaction to ukraine. When he is engaged in unprecedented obstruction, no president in our history has ever done this, saying. Brennan what do you mean . Unilaterally, i declare the entire investigation illegitimate. Nixon contemplated it and even he backed down and if this president can do it, this is a central argument in my book, every president can do it, whether it was obama before or the president Elizabeth Warren or person my sanders or whoever, impeachment is so central to our checks and balances and what he is doing is a fundamental threat to our constitution. Brennan what do impeachment articles look like . What is a prudent selection . Yes, so in the book i lay out three articles, one is abuse of power, that he, the president was trying to cheat
Order. Today we will receive test her name from the honorable Federal Reserve vice chairman for supervision. The honorable with mcwilliams, chairman of the fdic, and the honorable ronnie hood, chairman of the ncua welcome to all of you. This hearing provides a committee an opportunity to examine current state of and recent activities related to regulatory and supervisory activities of these agencies. Its been over a year now since the enactment of s2155 the Economic Growth regulatory relief and Consumer Protection act and the work of the agencies to implement most of the law of provisions. Including the tailoring rules for u. S. Banks and u. S. Operations in foreign banks. Your agency should also carefully review the existing supervisory frameworks and make any necessary adjustments to appropriately and line them with the tailoring rules and requirements. Im july 30th, 2019 all of the republican Banking Committees and i sent a letter to the federal banking regulators urging your agency
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